AutoMapper .ReverseMap() .Ignore() not working

Question

Having an issue with version 6.1.1. In the below, the result of the reverse map still has the Company object populated. Per this post, which shows what I am doing below, except they are ignoring a property, and I'm ignoring a complex object.

What am I missing?

CreateMap<Item, ItemViewModel>(MemberList.Destination)
.ReverseMap()
    .ForMember(x => x.Company, x => x.Ignore())
    ;

Answer 1

With AutoMapper 6.1 you could use ForPath instead ForMember to ignore complex objects. See How to ignore property with ReverseMap for further information.

Answer 2

I see not what is wrong, but here is a running sample:

namespace AutomapperTest2
{
    internal class Program
    {
        #region Methods

        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Configure the mappings
            Mapper.Initialize(cfg =>
            {
                cfg.CreateMap<ApplicantEducation, ApplicantEducationVM>();
                cfg.CreateMap<Applicant, ApplicantVM>().ReverseMap()
                    .ForMember(x => x.Education, x => x.Ignore());
            });


            var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg => cfg.CreateMissingTypeMaps = true);
            var mapper = config.CreateMapper();

            Applicant ap = new Applicant
            {
                Name = "its me",
                Education =
                    new ApplicantEducation
                    {
                        SomeInt = 10,
                        SomeString = "sampleString"
                    }
            };
            // Map
            ApplicantVM apVm = Mapper.Map<Applicant, ApplicantVM>(ap);
            Applicant apBack = Mapper.Map<ApplicantVM, Applicant>(apVm);
        }

        #endregion
    }


    /// Your source classes
    public class Applicant
    {   
        public ApplicantEducation Education { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }   
    }

    public class ApplicantEducation
    {
        public int SomeInt { get; set; }
        public string SomeString { get; set; }    
    }

    // Your VM classes
    public class ApplicantVM
    { 
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public ApplicantEducationVM Education { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }            
    }


    public class ApplicantEducationVM
    {    
        public int SomeInt { get; set; }
        public string SomeString { get; set; }  
    }
}

}